Policies to Address Violence and Discipline in School

This presentation discusses the importance of addressing violence and indiscipline in school and suggests effective policies to prevent it. The policies include counselling programs, incorporating violence and discipline in the syllabus, creating a system for reporting cases, setting rules to deal with violence, engaging parents, and hiring security guards. The presentation also explains how these policies would benefit staff and students and influence the climate of the school. The responsibility of implementing the policy and the consequences of policy violation are also discussed.

olicies to address challenges of violence andP
discipline in school.
hy is it important to address violence and indiscipline inW
school?

ntroductionI
t is the nature of human being to disagree in an environmentI .
owever these disagreements if not controlled result to fi ght orH ,
abuse hen people are consistent in violence it makes them. W
ignore the rules and the morals needed in that particular setting.
Violence in school takes various forms hese forms include. T
physical and violence related to psychology according to
Sumner Mercy Dahlberg illis levens oury or a, , , H , K & H , (2015). F
cool learning environment policies must be there to control,
and prevent such violence ach and every child should be free. E
from abusive environment leave alone the staff members rom, . F
the perspective view of a school administrator the following are,
the best policies to achieve the same goal.

ew policies that can be implementedN
to address violence and discipline
Counselling programs1.
he act of violence and indiscipline in schoolT
creates insecurity and fear not only among
student but also teachers according to undgrenL &
Amin Many of these issues happens,(2015).
because of lack of awareness on their effects he. T
school should have a continuous program of
counselling both the initiator and the victim he. T
engagement between the teachers and the
student would assist the arrogant behaviors
because they would come to understand the effects
of being indiscipline and being violent all the ti me.

ncorporating violence discipline and2. I ,
their impacts in the school syllabus.
he above policy is effective in ensuring no violenceT
and indiscipline in school he subject would be. T
compulsory to the students at their early ages in
school hen these student continue to grow in. W
school they would always refer to the topic and,
thin twice before engaging in violence or
indiscipline cases n the other hand the subject. O ,
should be practical or it can be supported by video
materials to the student on the effects of violence
and indiscipline in the school and society at large.
y doing such things the school would wipe outB ,
violence in a span of a month.

Creating a system for reporting cases of violence3.
and indiscipline.
Several violence and indiscipline happen in school
but the victim do not report them he reason why. T
these people do not report is fear t is important. I
to come up with systems that would assist in
reporting the cases without publicly revealing the
identity of that individual he system would be. T
placed in the strategic point of the school n the. O
other side there should be an individual in the,
administration that receive the cases and direct
them to the relevant department such as the
discipline committee of the school he action would. T
help to curb the bad behaviors of notorious
indiscipline students in school.

Setting rules to deal with those who engage in4.
violence.
unishing the indiscipline and violent people inP
school is way to create safe environment for
learning Some students engage in violence.
because they know that at the end of the day the,
implication is less or non at all unishments like. P
caning are common he new rules should include. T
being sent out of the class for some period of
victim he effect of missing the class lessons would. T
tell the student it is high ti me he or she to change, .
Apart from that it would show the rest of the,
school that violence is not permitted in school as it
is a bad behavior.

ngaging parents in every case of violence and5. E
indiscipline.
he above policy is important in addressing theT
behaviors of the students who import traits of
violence from home t is evident that the. I
environment where a child lives affect his or her
behaviors he administration should always send. T
for the parent of the student in case of violence.
rom the statement provided by the parent theF ,
school can fi nd way to deal with the student
situation appropriately in reference to riplett AllenT ,
ewis n some cases the parent might& L , (2014). I ,
have also been facing difficulty in managing the
student at home and this calls for proper
counselling.

iring security guards6. H
Some violence are always serious and they propel
within minutes Controlling such violence may be difficult.
to the management iring security guards would. H
permit quick response and effective control of the situation.
he security guards would monitor the environmentT
and establish where there is likelihood of violence after,
which they take appropriate measures in reference to
Clayton Devine right Swim, -W , , onnesB Steg hitmarsh, , W
Carrico he challenge with this policy is that& , (2016). T ,
it is e pensive to implement esides that somex . B ,
student fear outside security guards and this would affect
their academic performance he policy is would be. T
best suitable in an environment that have been
e periencing violence for longx .

ow the above policies would benefit staffH
mpacting the knowledge to students requires aI
conducive environment f the above policies are. I
implemented the staff would get the cool,
environment to teach and deliver other duties within
the school Secondly the policies would assist the. ,
staff to know how to deal with violence and
indiscipline cases in school or instance if there is. F
violence case the teacher may decide to call parent,
or issue any punishment as elaborated in the policies
of managing violence in school n the other hand. O ,
the security of the staff would also be guaranteed
because they would be teaching students who know
it is bad to create violence with people around.

ow the above policies would benefit studentsH
he advantage of the above policies to theT
student is that they would feel secure from the
oppression that would have been created by other
students hese policies are protection mechanism. T .
Secondly when these students go back to the,
society they do not fi nd difficulty in mingling with,
others hey are trained to be moral and would. T
stand to condemn violence and indiscipline in the
society herefore the society would not fi nd. T ,
challenge in absorbing such group of students.

ow the above policies would influence the climateH
of the school.
he policies would change environment of theT
school in various ways he fi rst way is that the. T ,
performance in terms of academic would improve.
he reason is because students are secure andT ,
know the consequences of engaging in violence
and indiscipline cases he second improvement is. T
that any task given to the students would be
completed within the deadline because of
discipline o body would be roaming around. N
pretending for the sake of missing the task very. E
body would be committed to a given task and thus
would turn the reputation of the school positively.

Responsibility of implementing the policy
he responsibility of enforcing the above policiesT
lies in the hand of the school management he. T
principal of the school is to launch the policy he. T
launching day would be attended by the parents
and the student according to arkes eslop RossP , H , ,
esterveld nterhalter rom thatW & U , (2016). F
point every stakeholder is given one or two duties, .
or instance there will be a person receivingF ,
complains from the student concerning the issue
of violence and indiscipline esides that there. B ,
would be a disciplinary committee which its work is
deal with the reports of violence and indiscipline

Consequence of the policy violation.
Cornell argues that the impact of violating a, (2017)
policy vary depending on the level of violence he. T
fi
rst consequence is that the student would be
given a suspension or e pulsion pelling ax . Ex
student may be due to continuous violation of the
policies Secondly is punishment which would. ,
comprise of missing the class lessons to engage in
the punishment n the other and the student. O ,
may also be taken to police custody due to serious
and continuous violation of the policies that have
been set by the school here is harsh life in the. T
prison and facing a sentence may be one of the
consequences of violating the policies.

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